Tree Violet at Geehi, NSW
Identification history
| Melicytus dentatus | 18 Mar 2017 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Melicytus dentatus | 18 Mar 2017 | Floramaya |
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2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
19 Mar 2017
I confirmed this as Melicytus dentatus as it has lateral spines, while the flora of Victoria description for Melicytus angustifolia states that it's branches have a single end spine
JackieMiles
wrote:
20 Mar 2017
I'd be thinking it is a slightly atypical angustifolius. The key in the paper describing it says rigid, divaricately branched stems, which this appears to have (as opposed to flexible ones with lots of lateral spines in dentatus) and there don't appear to be many lateral spines on this plant. Plus the alpine habitat suggests angustifolius. However, my photos of the two species show angustifolius with smooth-edged obovate leaves and dentatus with leaves having 4 teeth per side. Some leaves on this plant seem to have a couple of small teeth. Perhaps they intergrade a bit?
Location information
- Coordinates 148.420000-36.214960
- Altitude 1866.2m
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Geehi, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 18 Mar 2017 02:48 PM Recorded on
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Collections
Plants Other Shrubs Floramaya Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Melicytus dentatus Scientific name
- Tree Violet Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1866.19m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Hymenanthera dentata
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